Part of the Senior Services Network, Supported by the DC Office On Aging

Managed by Vida Senior Services

324 Kennedy St.,

Washington, DC 20011

(202) 291-6170

Fax (202) 291-2790

Teresa Moore

Director

LaDonna Love

Administrative Assistant

Arthur Dunbar

Fitness Specialist

Kristina Vera

Nutritionist

Stephanie Peters

Health Promotion

Specialist

Gwen Green

Activities Coordinator

Transportation Available

Seabury Connector

Steve McDougal

Maynard Chandler

Volume 9 Issue 2

Hours of Operation

Monday 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Tuesday 7:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Thursday 8:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Friday 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Hattie Holmes Senior Wellness Center

November 2015 Calendar

LUNCH

Monday-Friday

11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

REGISTRATION REQUIRED

Site Manager - Dennis Robinson

“Never Underestimate the Power of Senior Health”

November 2015

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

2 8:00 Open Gym 8:00 Fitness Orientation 9:00 Stretch & Tone 10:00 Chair Aerobics 10:30 Enhanced Fitness

11:00 Circuit Training 11:30 Lunch 1:00 Line Dancing Beginners

1:00 Crocheting 1:00 Card / Board

Games / Billiards 2:00 Chair Yoga 3:00 Open Gym

3 7:30 Open Gym 8:00 Fitness Orientation 9:00 Tai Chi 8:45 Food Demo/Sweet Potato Pancakes 10:00 Piano Lessons

10:00 Chair Aerobics 10:30 Intro to Computers 11:00 Flu Prevention 11:00 Pilates

11:30 Lunch 12:30 Intermediate

Computing 1:00 Card / Board Games / Billiards 1:00 Aerobics w/ Kojak

1:00 Nutrition Chat– Hypertension Counseling 1:30 Brain Games 2:00 Enhanced Fitness 2:00 Drama Club 3:00 The Magic of

Weight Loss 3:00 Open Gym

4 7:30 Open Gym 8:00 Fitness Orientation 9:00 Current Events Discussion Group 9:00 Stretch & Tone 9:30 Quilting

10:00 Chair Aerobics 10:30 Chair Aerobics 10:30 Trip - Anacostia Museum - Hand of Freedom Exhibit

11:00 Hand Dancing

11:00 How Vaccines Work 11:30 - 2:30 Massage 11:30 Lunch

12:40 Basic Computer 1:00 Crocheting 1:00 Enhanced Fitness 2:00 Circuit Training 3:00 Open Gym

5 8:00 Open Gym 10:00 Flexibility & Toning w/ Lillian 10:45 Color Me Relaxed 11:00 Pilates 11:00 Managing Cues

11:00 - Reflexology 11:30 Lunch 1:00 Aerobics 1:00 Card / Board

Games / Billiards 1:00 Computer

Essentials 101 1:00 Nutrition Chat– Hypertension Counseling 1:00 Knitting

2:00 Aerobics w/ Kojak 2:00 Intro to Spanish 3:00 Advanced Spanish 3:00 Food Demo/Tortilla Soup

3:00 Open Gym

6 8:00 Open Gym 9:00 Abs & Back 10:00 Chair Aerobics (Multi -purpose Room) 11:00 Wii Fit

11:00 Pepco - Exelon Merger Informational Presentation 11:30 Lunch

1:00 Card / Board Games / Billiards

1:00 Line Dancing 2:00 Fitness Assessments (By Appointment Only) 3:00 Open Gym

9 8:00 Open Gym 8:00 Fitness Orientation 9:00 Stretch & Tone 10:00 Chair Aerobics 10:30 Enhanced Fitness

10:30 Trip - Tanger Outlets - National Harbor 11:00 Circuit

Training

11:30 Lunch 1:00 Line Dancing Beginners 1:00 Crocheting

1:00 Card / Board Games / Billiards 2:00 Chair Yoga 3:00 Open Gym

10 7:30 Open Gym 8:00 Fitness Orientation 9:00 Tai Chi 10:00 Piano Lessons 10:00 Chair Aerobics 10:30 Intro to

Computers 11:00 Are you Ready for the Holidays? 11:00 Pilates 11:30 Lunch 12:30 Intermediate

Computing 1:00 Card / Board

Games / Billiards 1:00 Aerobics w/ Kojak 1:00 Nutrition Chat– Weight Management

1:30 Brain Games 2:00 Enhanced Fitness 2:00 Drama Club 3:00 Food Demo/Sweet Potato & Black Bean Burgers 3:00 Open Gym

11

Center

Closed

Veteran’s

Day

12 8:00 Open Gym 9:15 Food Demo/Cinnamon & Apple Oatmeal 10:00 Flexibility & Toning w/ Lillian 10:30 Trip - Dutch

Market 10:45 Color Me Relaxed 11:00 Pilates 11:00 - Reflexology 11:00 Hearty Party

Dishes 11:30 Lunch

1:00 Zumba 1:00 Nutrition Chat– Diabetes Counseling 1:00 Computer Essentials 101

1:00 Card / Board Games / Billiards 1:00 Knitting 2:00 Aerobics w/ Kojak 2:00 Intro to Spanish 3:00 Advanced Spanish

3:00 Eat Better All Day 3:00 Open Gym

13 8:00 Open Gym 9:00 Abs & Back 10:00 Chair Aerobics (Multi -purpose Room) 11:00 DC Office of Cable

Television Presentation 11:00 Wii Fit 11:30 Lunch

1:00 Card / Board Games / Billiards

1:00 Food Demo w/ DeAnna 1:00 Line Dancing 2:00 Fitness Assessments (By

Appointment Only) 3:00 Open Gym

November 2015

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

16 8:00 Open Gym 8:00 Fitness Orientation 9:00 Stretch & Tone 10:00 Chair Aerobics 10:30 Enhanced Fitness

11:00 Circuit Training 11:00 Holiday Challenge 11:30 Lunch

1:00 Line Dancing

Beginners 1:00 Crocheting 1:00 Card / Board Games / Billiards 2:00 Chair Yoga

3:00 Open Gym

17 7:30 Open Gym 8:00 Fitness Orientation 9:00 Tai Chi 10:00 Piano Lessons 10:00 Chair Aerobics 10:30 Intro to

Computers 11:00 Holiday Survival Tips 11:00 Pilates 11:30 Lunch 12:30 Intermediate

Computing 1:00 Aerobics w/

Kojak 1:00 Nutrition Chat– Weight Management 1:30 Brain Games 2:00 Drama Club

2:00 Enhanced Fitness 3:00 Dining Out Bariatric Style 3:00 Open Gym

18 7:30 Open Gym 8:00 Fitness Orientation 9:00 Current Events Discussion Group 9:00 Stretch & Tone 9:30 Quilting

10:00 Chair Aerobics 10:00 Medstar Presentation - Medicare 10:30 Chair Aerobics 10:30 Trip - Kennedy

Center Tour 11:00 Managing

Holiday Stress 11:00 Hand Dancing 11:30 - 2:30 Massage 11:30 Lunch

12:40 Basic Computer 1:00 Crocheting 1:00 Card / Board Games / Billiards 1:00 Enhanced Fitness 2:00 Circuit Training 3:00 Open Gym

Member Appreciation

Day

19 8:00 Open Gym 10:00 Flexibility & Toning w/ Lillian 10:30 Trip - Dollar Store

10:45 Color Me Relaxed 11:00 Vacation Dining Tips 11:00 - Reflexology 11:00 Pilates

11:30 Lunch 1:00 Zumba

1:00 Computer Essentials 101 1:00 Card / Board Games / Billiards 1:00 Nutrition Chat -

Hypertension Counseling 1:00 Knitting 2:00 Intro to Spanish 3:00 Advanced Spanish 2:00 Aerobics w/ Kojak

3:00 Managing Cues 3:00 Open Gym

20 8:00 Open Gym 9:00 Abs & Back 9:30 New Member Orientation 10:00 Chair Aerobics (Multi -purpose Room)

11:00 Nutrition Bingo 11:00 Wii Fit 11:00 Sweet Potato Pie Bakeoff

11:30 Lunch

1:00 Card / Board Games / Billiards 1:00 Line Dancing 2:00 Fitness Assessments

(By Appointment Only) 3:00 Open Gym

23 8:00 Open Gym 8:00 Fitness Orientation 9:00 Stretch & Tone 10:00 Chair Aerobics 10:30 Enhanced Fitness

11:00 Circuit Training 11:30 Lunch 1:00 Line Dancing

Beginners 1:00 Crocheting

1:00 Card / Board Games / Billiards 2:00 Chair Yoga 3:00 Open Gym

24 7:30 Open Gym 8:00 Fitness Orientation 8:45 Food Demo/Sweet Potato Pie 9:00 Tai Chi 10:00 Chair Aerobics

10:00 Piano Lessons 10:30 Intro to Computers 11:00 Lower Calorie Desserts 11:00 Pilates

11:30 Lunch

12:30 Intermediate

Computing 1:00 Nutrition Chat - Weight Management 1:00 Card / Board

Games / Billiards 1:00 Aerobics w/ Kojak 1:30 Brain Games 2:00 Drama Club 2:00 Enhanced Fitness 3:00 Healthy Party

Dishes 3:00 Open Gym

25 7:30 Open Gym 8:00 Fitness Orientation 9:00 Current Events Discussion Group 9:00 Stretch & Tone 9:30 Quilting

10:00 Chair Aerobics 10:30 Chair Aerobics 11:00 What is Sepsis? 11:00 Hand Dancing 11:30 Lunch 12:40 Basic Computer

1:00 Crocheting 1:00 Card / Board

Games / Billiards 1:00 Enhanced Fitness 2:00 Circuit Training 3:00 Open Gym

Feast of Sharing Convention Center 9:30 am - 1:00 pm

26

Center

Closed

Thanksgiving

Day

27 8:00 Open Gym 9:00 Abs & Back 10:00 Chair Aerobics (Multi -purpose Room) 11:00 Wii Fit 11:00 Nutrition Bingo

11:30 Lunch 1:00 Card / Board Games / Billiards 1:00 Line Dancing 2:00 Fitness

Assessments (By Appointment Only)

3:00 Open Gym

November / December 2015

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

30 8:00 Open Gym 8:00 Fitness Orientation 9:00 Stretch & Tone 10:00 Chair Aerobics 10:30 Enhanced Fitness

11:00 Circuit Training 11:00 Holiday Challenge 11:30 Lunch

1:00 Book Club Meeting -

Gray Mountain By John Grisham 1:00 Line Dancing Beginners

1:00 Crocheting 1:00 Card / Board Games / Billiards 2:00 Chair Yoga 3:00 Open Gym

1 7:30 Open Gym 8:00 Fitness Orientation 8:45 Food Demo/ 9:00 Tai Chi 10:00 Chair Aerobics 10:00 Piano Lessons

11:00 Pilates 10:30 Intro to Computers 11:00 Nutrition Class 11:30 Lunch

12:30 Intermediate

Computing 1:00 Card / Board Games / Billiards 1:00 Aerobics w/ Kojak

1:00 Nutrition Chat - Diabetes Counseling 1:30 Brain Games 2:00 Enhanced Fitness 2:00 Drama Club 3:00 Nutrition Class 3:00 Open Gym

2 7:30 Open Gym 8:00 Fitness Orientation 9:00 Current Events Discussion Group 9:00 Stretch & Tone 10:00 Chair Aerobics

10:30 Chair Aerobics 11:00 Hand Dancing 11:00 Circuit Training 11:00 The 411 on Lupus

11:30 Lunch

12:40 Basic Computer 1:00 Crocheting 1:00 Card / Board Games / Billiards 1:00 Enhanced Fitness

2:00 Circuit Training 3:00 Open Gym

3 8:00 Open Gym 10:00 Flexibility & Toning w/ Lillian 10:45 Color Me Relaxed 11:00 Nutrition Class 11:00 Pilates

11:00 - Reflexology 11:30 Lunch 1:00 Computer Essentials 101 1:00 Card / Board Games / Billiards

1:00 Knitting 1:00 Nutrition Chat -

Weight Management 2:00 Intro to Spanish 3:00 Advanced Spanish 2:00 Aerobics w/ Kojak

3:00 Food Demo/ 3:00 Open Gym

4 8:00 Open Gym 9:00 Abs & Back 10:00 Chair Aerobics (Multi -purpose Room) 11:00 Wii Fit 11:00 Nutrition Bingo

11:30 Lunch 1:00 Card / Board Games / Billiards 1:00 Line Dancing 2:00 Fitness

Assessments (By Appointment Only)

3:00 Open Gym

Join Council Member Brandon Todd

For State of the Ward 4

Senior Address

Thursday November 5, 2015

10:00 am - 2:00 pm Riggs-LaSalle

Recreation Center

Tanger Outlets

Monday

November 9, 2015

@

10:30 a.m.

Food Demo w/ DeAnna

Friday

November 13, 2015 @

1:00 p.m.

Feast of Sharing

Convention Center

Wednesday

November 25, 2015

10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Book Club Meeting

Monday

November 30, 2015 @

1:00 p.m.

Gray Mountain

John Grisham

Food for Thought….Live in Gratitude Every moment you live in gratitude is a moment you do not have to live in fear, or anger, frustration or disappointment. Every moment you live in gratitude empowers you to be more purposeful, effective, kind and creative.

It’s easy to be grateful, though sometimes hard to remember to be. Let this serve as your reminder.

In fact, you can remind yourself to be grateful in a lot of different ways. It’s obvious that you would be grateful for your blessings, yet there are plenty of other things you can add to the list.

When a challenge arises, you can be grateful for the strength and experience you’ll gain and the new value you’ll create by work-ing through that challenge. When you’ve been disappointed or suffered a loss, you can be grateful for you ability to care about life.

Gratitude keeps you connected to the good and valuable parts of your life. When you remember to be grateful, you suddenly equip yourself with a powerful, positive perspective.

No matter what may happen, you can find a way to be grateful. Live in gratitude, and live at your very best.

Recipe to Try…

Directions Preheat oven to 325°.

To prepare crust, weigh or lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife. Combine flour and next 5 ingredi-ents (through cinnamon) in a medium bowl, stirring well with a whisk. Drizzle butter and juice over flour mixture, stirring until moistened (mixture will be crumbly). Reserve 1/2 cup oat mixture. Press remaining oat mixture into the bottom of an 11 x 7-inch baking dish coated with cooking spray.

To prepare filling, combine cranberries, sour cream, granulated sugar, and remaining ingredients in a medium bowl, stirring well. Spread cranberry mixture over prepared crust; sprinkle reserved oat mixture evenly over filling. Bake at 325° for 40 minutes or until edges are golden. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack.

Cherry-Oatmeal Bars: Substitute dried cherries for the dried cranberries and lemon rind for the orange rind in filling.

Ingredients Crust:

4.5 ounces all-purpose flour (about 1 cup)

1 cup quick-cooking oats

1/2 cup packed brown sugar

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

6 tablespoons butter, melted

3 tablespoons orange juice

Cooking spray Filling:

1 1/3 cups dried cranberries (about 6 ounces)

3/4 cup sour cream

1/2 cup granulated sugar

2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/2 teaspoon grated orange rind

Happy Birthday to all who were born in the month November!

Cranberry-Oatmeal Bars

Nutrition Information

CALORIES 135 (31% from fat); FAT 4.6g (sat 2.6g, mono 0.8g, poly 0.2g); PROTEIN 1.7g; CARB 21.5g; FIBER 1.3g; CHOL 13mg; IRON 0.7mg; SODIUM 68mg; CALC 27mg

Preventing Falls: Five Dangers That Affect Seniors’ Stability

September 23rd, 2015, the first day of fall, also marks the 8th annual National Falls Prevention Awareness Day, sponsored by the National Council on Aging. Falls are the leading cause of injury related emergency department vis-its for older adults, the major cause of hip fractures and responsible for more than half of fatal head injuries. Numer-ous states and countries worldwide are now coming together to address this serious and often overlooked health is-sue. The goal of this year's theme, Taking a Stand to Prevent Falls, is to bring together professionals, older adults, care-givers and family members to raise awareness and prevent falls in the older adult population. Forty-eight states par-ticipated in Falls Prevention Awareness Day last year, joining more than 70 national organizations, including the American Occupational Therapy Association, other professional associations, and federal agencies that comprise the Falls Free© Initiative. The hope is for that number to grow this year and stop the rise in these serious accidents. According to the Center for Disease Control, one out of three adults age 65 and older falls each year. These falls can be moderate to severe in nature, yet less than half talk to their healthcare providers about it. When a fall occurs, most people assume the contributing factor is an unsafe home environment; however, what most people don’t know is that there are many other risk factors to consider. “After a fall occurs, many people will begin taking measures to ensure that the safety of their aging loved one is never compromised—home modification is traditionally the first step,” said Sharon Roth Maguire, MS, RN, GNP-BC, Sen-ior Vice President of Quality & Clinical Operations for Bright Star Care. “What folks may not realize is there are many other factors that come into play, in addition to an unsafe home environment, that may contribute to falls. It is vital to identify these issues and address them appropriately.” According to Maguire, these five fall risk factors should be addressed when working to identify the cause of a fall and prevent future falls: Medication interactions. Drugs including sedatives, anti-depressants and anti-psychotics can contribute to falls

by reducing mental alertness, worsening balance and gait and causing drops in systolic blood pressure while standing. Mixing multiple medications also increases the risk of falling. To reduce the likelihood of falls, review all medications with the primary doctor and any specialists to identify medications that may cause this side effect.

Lack of physical strength and poor balance. Without regular exercise it's easy to lose muscle tone, strength,

bone mass and flexibility. All of these weaknesses are factors that contribute to the severity of a fall. While certain medical conditions can make it harder to exercise, a loved one who has fallen before, even if they weren’t injured, could develop a fear of falling that causes them to limit their activity and be less mobile. Engaging in regular exer-cise to increase strength and muscle tone and taking extra time when transitioning from one position to another may reduce the risk of falls. Unsure of how to re-start an exercise plan? Engage the doctor's advice.

Impaired vision. Age-related vision diseases, such as cataracts and glaucoma, alter an older person’s depth per-

ception, visual acuity, peripheral vision and susceptibility to glare. In addition, older adults may no longer be able to recognize visual cues of danger and, in turn, take appropriate action. Although these diseases are sometimes unavoidable, obtaining regular eye exams can reduce the risk of a fall. Adding color and contrast to identify ob-jects, especially safety items like grab bars and handrails may help overcome vision-related issues as well.

Home hazards. Poor lighting, loose rugs, lack of grab bars or poorly located/mounted grab bars, and unstable fur-

niture can increase tripping hazards. Improving safety around a loved one’s home by adding grab bars and oth-er safety aids inside and outside of the tub or shower and next to the toilet, adding railings on both sides of stair-ways and improving the lighting where needed will aid in decreasing environmental hazards in the home.

Chronic conditions. Health issues, such as Parkinson’s or heart disease, greatly increase an older adult’s risk of

falling. Understanding the disease process and helping them follow a treatment plan, assisting them to doctor ap-pointments and knowing red flag alerts can reduce fall risk in people suffering from chronic conditions.